Bill began the lecture last week with the topic of death masks. A death mask is a wax or plaster cast made of a person’s face following death, which clearly has a relationship with the person that died. He suggested that all photos are reminiscent of death masks. A moment captured in time, never to be recreated again. I can see how people are haunted by the thought that that moment is frozen forever in time. Digital cameras seem to break down the relationship between the photo and the actual moment.
This made me think about all the photos I have taken through the years and all those moments frozen in time. It is quite spooky when you think about it. It’s strange how photos make you remember things so vividly, like they happened just yesterday. It really makes me want to travel back in time and relive those moments again. If only!
After contemplating this for a while I decided to log back on to my old myspace page... oh dear. I used to think I was so cool!
It made me remember so many things and was quite nice in a way.
Although this blog ended up being nothing to do with science fiction, I think it has been one of my favorites to write!
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